Nyhet

Camera Caucasica

Networks of Photographic Practices in the Transimperial Caucasus

AvDominik Gutmeyr-Schnur

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Imperial Encounters in Russian History

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Beskrivning

Set against the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian imperial power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Camera Caucasica shows that photographs are the product of complex networks of cultural traditions, political developments, and economic processes. The book tells the stories of Italian mountaineers, Austrian art historians, Swedish oil barons, Georgian nurses, Armenian court photographers, and Russian anthropologists—individuals who together shaped the development of photography in the Caucasus. By centering on cross-border collaboration and entanglement, Camera Caucasica presents not only the history of photography but also the history of the region itself, bringing a seemingly peripheral area into the heart of a global field of research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-28
Mått:155 x 233 x 19 mm
Vikt:658 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Imperial Encounters in Russian History
Antal sidor:330
Förlag:Academic Studies Press
ISBN:9798897831135

Utforska kategorier

Fotoböcker inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur is a historian of (South-)Eastern Europe at University of Graz, Austria. His research interests include modern imperial history with an emphasis on visual cultures in the Russian Empire, the entangled and global histories of (South-)Eastern Europe, and the creation and circulation of knowledge.

Innehållsförteckning

Note on Translations and TransliterationsIntroduction1. A Global Invention and Circulating Knowledge. The Technological Aspect of Photographic Practices2. “Typical Natives.” The Circulation of Ethnographic-Anthropological Photography from the Caucasus3. The State on the Stage. Visual Self-Representations of Progress and Power at World’s Fairs4. Visions of Railway Tracks and Oil Pipelines. The Reimagination of a Region through Industrial Photography5. Albumania at Court. Imperial Self-Representation from Cover to Cover6. Sublime Summits and Glorious Glaciers. The Global Production and Circulation of Mountain Photography7. The International Discovery of “National Antiquities.” Photographing Archaeological Sites in the Transimperial CaucasusConclusions: Caucasus ConnectedBibliographyList of IllustrationsIndex